White House: Blame For U.S. Deaths In Algeria ‘Lies With The Terrorists’

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White House spokesman Jay Carney on Tuesday said the blame for American deaths in the Algerian hostage situation “lies with the terrorists” who held Westerneres captive at a natural gas field.

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal on Monday defended his military’s raid on the complex, insisting the Islamist militants were “wild with their demands,” according to the LA Times. The raid on the complex left 37 foreigners and 29 hostage takers dead, according to the report. 

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